Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-18
SATURDAY MARKET FIGURES.
The Grain Pits Witness a Dragging
and Saggy Session.
OATS DULL AND FeATURELEss.
Provisions Exhibit a Little Slowncss
as Compared With the Previous
Days Of the Week-Gen-
eral Quotations.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

CHICAGO, Dec. IT. Special Telegram TO the
Bee. Grain markets dragged and sagged
to-day in true Saturday style. Both wheat
and corn opened higher than last nights
closings, with some of the bullish sentiment
left over from yesterdays small boom,
and during the remainder of the session were
inclined to go down when they moved at all,
and fluctuations were generally small and
infrequcnt. The entire decline, however,
was insignificant, May wheat closing NC and
May corn sc lower than yesterday. The
great outside seemed to be leaving the mar
kets pretty much TO themselves and the
mercies of the local traders. First sales of
May wheat were at S31sc, an advance over
last nights closing Of &c. The price rose to
S4c but at that point there seemed to be
abundant grain for sale and lower level
between $500 and s31sc was found and kept
for some time Then by easy stages the
price dropped TO S335c, reacted to S355sc and
finally closed at S3l6c. January wheat
opened at nc, which was the high point for
the day, sold down to 764@161sc and closed
at 16a5c
Some remnants of yesterdays strength in
corn seemed to be left over to start the mar
ket this morning and May corn opened at
5a4c, which was NC over yesterdays clos
ing. Then there was an advance to 54Tc,
but there was too much corn for sale at that
price and the market did not stop long on the
down turn until 5412c was reached, and with
occasional slight reactions the price fell to
544@543sc, then advanced to 549SCa549lc, fell
to 414c, advanced to 54i2c, and closed at
543sc January corn opened at 4914c sold
down to 4S1Sc and closed at 49c. The ndica
tons were that there was very large
amount cf May corn for sale by commission
men at about Doc and that much of it was
ready to be parted with whenever the price
reached 5i1Sc. AT the prices ruling most of
the day, however, there did not seem to be
very much doing for outside people and the
realizing of cereal longs served to depress
prices somewhat.
The oat market was dull and featureess,
declining u little in concert with other grains.
May oats opened at 34c, which was &c above
yesterdays close, and after the first sales at
that figure fluctuated between 335S(oe34c on
the split and 1890 closing at the last named
price January oats opened at Bic, sold down
and closed ut 30slc.
Provisions were little slow as compared
with the previous days of the week. A fair
interest, however, was manifested and the
market showed possession of a strong under
tone early in the day. Prices, in fact, were
higher than yesterday and of pork the first
sales were ut an advance of 1212c. Opening
transactions in lard were also at an apprecia-
ton of 2110D711c and of short ribs of 5071ac.
subsequently these advances were lost, yet
there was no weakness and the closings all
around were practically the same as last
nights final figures May was against the
1895, for lard at sS.1T1501S.27H and for short
ribs at SS.15 Pork for May closed at Sl5 S2kS
lard at SS.223 and short ribs at SS.15. The
nearer deliveries traded IN closed at $15. Is
for January pork, $7.S219 for January lard,
Si.15 for January short ribs, $3.50 for Febru-
ary pork, s70215 for February lard $1S5 for
February short ribs, sS0215 for March lard
and $7.95 for March short ribs.